Blue Palisades Tahoe, CA
Marillac's - 5th drops 577 vertical feet over 2,414 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 1,520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 77% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 77th steepest of 115 named runs at Palisades Tahoe. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 14°, Marillac's - 5th gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Palisades Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 57th shadiest named run at Palisades Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,210 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.